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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Eco groups launch Treasury actionEnvironmental groups are joining forces in a High Court action against the Treasury.They are accusing the Government of failing to stop public money given to the Royal Bank of Scotland being invested in companies and projects linked to climate change and human rights violations.The groups - People & Planet, the World Development Movement (WDM) and...
Politics.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... look as though they will dominate this weekend's G20 talks, are more likely to increase third world debt. The World Development Movement and Jubilee Debt Campaign warned the issue of climate debt will be a "Copenhagen deal-breaker" for developing countries. Report author Tim Jones said: "It's incredibly alarming that cash the government claims will help developing countries...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... climate and human rights obligations is downright scandalous. Julian Oram Head of policy, World Development Movement Royal Bank of Scotland Human rights Climate change Banking Democratic Republic of the Congo guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
It is telling of the times in which we live that the Danish government today is seeking to curtail legitimate protests around the Copenhagen climate summit this December ( Countdown to Copenhagen , 2 November). The summit will see thousands of people from across the world come to Copenhagen for what are being lauded as the most important international talks on climate in history. These will...
Heliogenic Climate Change (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
" Environmental campaigners have today vowed to seek an appeal after a High Court judge blocked their attempt to bring legal action against the Treasury and RBS [Royal Bank of Scotland] over the taxpayer-controlled bank's continued investment in carbon intensive businesses ... The judge blocked a request from lobby group's World Development Movement, PLATFORM and People &...
A WORLD TO WIN www.aworldtowin.net (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Sonorous Presbyterian tones rumble through the room: “We have fewer than fifty days to save our planet from catastrophe.” Gordon Brown is preaching to the Major Economies Forum. Yet Brown and his government stand accused of being amongst the world’s greatest climate change hypocrites. Hypocrisy no. 1 The Treasury has gone to court to defend the right of the state-owned RBS...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
In an unprecedented legal challenge, three groups will argue that the Treasury has failed to stop RBS, which is 70 per cent publicly owned, investing in companies that damage the environment or violate human rights.The case is being brought by three climate and social justice campaigning groups – Platform, People & Planet and the World Development Movement. They believe taxpayers'...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
In an unprecedented legal challenge, three groups will argue that the Treasury has failed to stop RBS, which is 70 per cent publicly owned, investing in companies that damage the environment or violate human rights.The case is being brought by three climate and social justice campaigning groups – Platform, People & Planet and the World Development Movement. They believe taxpayers'...
ToUChstone blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... climate justice at its heart? How do we respond to the jobs crisis and growing poverty around the world How do we ensure the global green new deal the world needs? How we do we show that cuts are not the only option, and demonstrate what Putting People First really look like? This counter-conference will bring together academics, activists, campaigners, unions, policy makers and YOU...
Ekklesia (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
David Wolfe QC, representing the World Development Movement (WDM), Platform and People & Planet, argued in court that the Treasury had failed to take adequate account of environmental and human rights considerations when using public money for RBS investments. The government has owned a 70 per cent stake in RBS since 2008.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
... to wider policy commitments on climate change and carbon emissions. Three campaign groups – World Development Movement, Platform and People & Planet – have brought the case. The Treasury argued at a preliminary hearing that it would not be right to consider climate change and human rights when it evaluated the "commercial" interests of RBS. Rosa Curling,...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Eco groups launch Treasury actionEnvironmental groups are joining forces in a High Court action against the Treasury.They are accusing the Government of failing to stop public money given to the Royal Bank of Scotland being invested in companies and projects linked to climate change and human rights violations.The groups - People & Planet, the World Development Movement (WDM) and...
icWales (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Eco groups launch Treasury action Environmental groups are joining forces in a High Court action against the Treasury.They are accusing the Government of failing to stop public money given to the Royal Bank of Scotland being invested in companies and projects linked to climate change and human rights violations.The groups - People & Planet, the World Development Movement (WDM)...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
They are accusing the Government of failing to stop public money given to the Royal Bank of Scotland being invested in companies and projects linked to climate change and human rights violations.The groups - People & Planet, the World Development Movement (WDM) and Platform - are seeking permission to apply for judicial review, arguing that, since RBS was bailed out in October...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
After reading your article/advertisement " Fair from every point of view " (10 October), I must conclude the opposite. What gives you (or Starbucks or the Fairtrade Foundation ) the right to speak on behalf of producers in the developing world? I am employed by coffee farmers and I can assure you that this system is not considered "fair" from every point of view. The fundamental...
